Women Hair Loss
Women Hair Loss occurs in more than one pattern. If you are a woman with loss of scalp hair, you should seek professional advice from a physician hair restoration specialist.
In most cases, female hair loss can be effectively treated. If you are a woman, who has started to lose scalp hair, you are not alone if:
- You are unpleasantly surprised by hair loss.
- You don’t understand why you are losing hair.
The patterns of hair loss in women are not as easily recognizable as those in men.
Unlike hair loss in men, female scalp hair loss may begin at any age through 50 or later, may not have any obvious hereditary association, and may not occur in recognizable female-pattern alopecia of diffuse thinning over the top of the scalp. A woman who notices the beginning of hair loss may not be sure if the loss is going to be permanent or temporary for example, if there has been a recent event such as pregnancy or illness that may be associated with temporary hair thinning.
Self-diagnosis is often ineffective. Women tend to have less hair loss pattern than men, and non-pattern types of hair loss are more frequent in women than in men. Diagnosis of hair loss in women should be made by a trained and experienced physician.
